Hi new here. My four year old-she is a terrier/whippet mix gets into fights over her ball. She has been in four fights in the past three years. They never result in biting on her part and it is more that she holds the other dog down and screams and snarls a lot. She is tall and wirey. She only weighs 35 pounds and has a whippet sized mouth so she is not that strong.
Two fights have occurred at our home with visiting male dogs who are small and dominant over the ball and one fight happened over the ball at the park with a female that is known to not exhibit good behavior. The last fight happened at our office. We sometimes take her work. A friend walked into the office with her dog and my dog went after the new dog as soon as they walked in the door. The friend did not tell me she was bringing her dog in. The ball was not there.
She usually really good when she meets others dogs on leash as long as she is not holding her ball in her mouth. Not sure what is going on here.
I think it might be a territory thing. When we walk she pees a lot. I try to stop her from marking. Sometime we can't make it one block without her trying to pee at least three times. Our walk is about 45 minutes long so I know she is just marking and not having to relieve herself.
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